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the Board of Trustees. It was funded by proceeds from the Association Student's sale of ads in booklets .offering discount coupons to students from various local businesses."

Laura Talbot, director of financial aid at Swarthmore College, said that aiding its students with additional money is nothing new to Swarthmore College. "We wilJ help support a student if they were denied any type of federal funding," Talbot said, "This was just an addition to a policy that has always existed for us." Talbot rejects claims that the program promotes any special treatment of students convicted of drug crimes. "We are not offering a student more because of a drug crime, there is no special treatment," Talbot said. Talbot said° that Swarthmore is in a rare situation due to the fact that the college does have enough of its own funds to replace lost aid for its students.

Michael Colahan, director of financial aid at Cabrini, said that replacing aid Jost due to a drug conviction has "yet to come up as a major issue•~ at Cabrini. "Cabrini does not pass judgment on the students. They will still receive Cabrini merit awards that are given independent of the drug issue," Colahan said.

The schools that are involved do have certain requirements that the student must follow in order to be eligible for aid. At Yale, the stu- dent must be enrolled in rehabilitation that is offered at the school. Smith said that the student is required io meet with the school board to follow up on his or her progress. At Western Washington University the students are required to submit a 250-word essay that explains how pursuing an education will help them overcome any setbacks that they have experienced due to drugs. They must also present two letters of recommendation. One must be from a professional involved in the student's rehab.

Critics of the new policy say that this type of program rewards or promotes bad drug habits. In response, Corey Eichner, associated students president of Western Washington University, said, "This scholarship wasn't meant to be a reward for making a mistake. The idea was to help people who are showing a desire to make their lives better."

At this time no students have applied for the supplemental aid at Yale, Swarthmore or Western Washington. Hampshire College could not be reached for comment. Eileen Coughlin, vice president for student M[airs and academic support services at Western Washington, said, "Denial of federally funded financial aid hasn't been a major issue on our campus as, I think, the fact that no one has applied for the scholarship demonstrates."

New additions coming to Spring Fling

by Lucy Truglio staff writer

The annual Spring Fling will be held on Saturday, May 4, from 12-4 p.m. on the commons. Like every year, Spring Fling is being organized by the Campus Activity and Programming board.

This yeaF's Sppng Fling will include surji activities as bouncy boxing, jousting matches and the old time.,f~vorite giant slip and slide. ~-/ • ~. ••

Some. he\l'(ad~ons to this year's S~g-w'ill be temporary tattoos,,~-~and "He said,

She said." "'He said, She said' is a different kind of band that we have never had before at the Spring Fling. It is not a cover band, but a more hip-hop dance band. I really hope that everyone enjoys this new type of music," Colin McGinley, head of CAP. board, said.

There will be free t-shirts with a newly unveiled design given out during the festivities. Every year a student designs the t-shirrs. This year's rlesign was ,£reated by senior Randi Kuhn.

The -cafeteea will be close~ for • lunch beca\lse there will be.an-out-

by CherylTranchltella staff writer

Margaret Beauchesne, a professional hostage negotiator, demonstrated a true procedure in a hostage situation on Wednesday, Nov. 24, to sw.dents in Dr. James Hedtke's class.

"After seeing movies, people think it is just one person getting the hostage out of the situation. That is a huge misconception. In reality it is an entire hostage negotiation team, not just one person," Hedtke, chair of history and political science, said.

has missed something. There are seven boards that are responsible for "extracting· from the negotiations. What is pertinent tops your board."

The Boards consist of the Intelligence Board, the Deadlines Board, the Chronology Board,the Demands Board, the Hostages Board and the Concessions Board. The comman• der interacts with his teams. as well as the swat team, the state police and any other law enforcement that is need in the situation. This person decides how to handle the situation.

door barbecue at 12 p.m. However, dinner will be served on regular schedule.

"Spring Fling is always a fun time for students. Hopefully com-· muter students will stay on campus as well. The CAP board works really hard on this event and has great hopes for this year. We are not sure yet but Y-100 may be coming. There are a lot of events that the CAP board has been working hard on for a long time now. Hopefully everyone will come out for •Spring Fling al}d have a great day," McGinley said•

The hostage negotiation seminar took place in the Academic Affairs conference room on the second floor of Grace Hall and in Dr. Hedtke's office in the Mansion. The hostages were held m Dr. Hedtke ·s office and the rest of

The ~rsoo in charge of message sheets writes the hostage taker's commands to the commander. filling him in as if he were there to bring him up to speed. The runner is the person who hand delivers the message sheets. At the same time. he or she needs to be educated on the whole situation to be able to the class was in the conference answer any questions that are· room trying to get them out of asked. danger. Beauchesne assisted There are seven different the negotiators in getting their types of hostage situations. hostages to safety. She is a spe- They are: the "psycho" incicialist in ,this field. "She has dent, the "simulation" incident, been at the FBI school and has "the grievance airing" incident, seen the new ways to deal with "the escape plan," the "riot terrorism since the 9-11 related" incident, the ''terrorist" tragedy," Hedtke said. incident and the "vengeance

The team consisted of 19 seeking" incident. • individuals, in this case, stu- When in a situation like this, dents, four of which were taken violence.is known to take place by one person. The team leader in the beginning and at the end keeps in touch with all of the to anyone being hefd against people on the team and keeps their will. 64% of incidents are the commander "up to date on able to be taken care of in four the negotiations.'' The alternate hours or less, 91% of incidents team leader is responsible for are able to be worked out in everyone once the teamleader nine hours or less. has gone to the command cen- This seminar was a opportuter. The primary negotiator, the nity for students to see how it one everyone sees in the actually is in a situation and movies, will be interacting with how to deal with a situation the hostage taker. This.~ with all ~rent aspects. n 'the infoan.ationilatherer Bver since 9~Jl- people have from the direct source. The sec- been somewba( living in fear of ondacy-ne~or .gets1111the tenorism.